why are you using fwtk to proxy http, it can but why not use netscape
enterprise or the like. its more of web proxy and understands web protocol
intracacies better than fwtk. like i said using a plug for web not reallt
the way to go.
piranha....
>From: mouss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Glarsnell jc), [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Gauntlet firewall question...
>Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:10:00 +0100
>
>Hi,
>
>If you have tried with Internet Explorer, try with Netscape and see if it
>works.
>Not sure if this is the problem you're facing, but ther's one related to
>HTTP/1.1
>support. The http-gw proxy relays the client request without modifying the
>version,
>when the server receives it and supports 1.1, it will then respond using
>HTTP/1.1.
>The proxy then generates a response using 1.0, but IE used to assume 1.1
>based
>on the response headers. This means it's a double bug:
>- http-gw should not generate a 1.1 request since it doesn't support 1.1
>- IE should check the response status line (HTTP/1.0 200 OK) instead of
>relying
>on the presence of non-1.0 headers.
>
>Not sure whether these bigs have been corrected by the "responsible"
>vendors...
>
>You might do tcppdumps on both FW interfaces to see whether this is
>happening...
>
>BTW. What's Unix 4.X? never heard of. Do you mean BSDi 4.x...
>
>cheers,
>mouss
>
>At 00:29 15/03/01 -0500, Glarsnell jc wrote:
>>(I am a newby in the firewall world)
>>I am using a Gauntlet firewall at work, on a Unix 4.x Os and for some
>>unknown reason I cannot browse a particular website >>> with the following
>>address: http://www.amet.org . Outside the firewall I am able to browse
>>this site without any problem. No block or filters have been applied to
>>the site from the firewall side. What could be the problem? Any hints
>>would be greatly appreciated.
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